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said romney said she was one of the greatest pioneers. you know what, that's a very interesting question. and well we're going to bring in a guest here who might have an interesting take on that. salary ride's sister bear ride. she is also a presbyterian minister. it's great to have you here. >> thanks. thank. i'm glad to be with you. >> obviously your sister was very private. do you think she would have been okay with all of this publicity now that it has become an national issue? >> well sally has never been one to enjoy publicity of any kind. she really was, as you said private. my grandmother used to call us all, tight-lipped norwegians and that's simply true. there's -- you know the fact that sally had pancreatic cancer and had radical surgery and went through everything that she did for the last 17 months and nobody knew about it except just a very few people, that's who sally was. so, you know, no it's not surprising that a lot of people don't know about sally's relationship with tam. and by the way they are domestic partners in th
said romney said she was one of the greatest pioneers. you know what, that's a very interesting question. and well we're going to bring in a guest here who might have an interesting take on that. salary ride's sister bear ride. she is also a presbyterian minister. it's great to have you here. >> thanks. thank. i'm glad to be with you. >> obviously your sister was very private. do you think she would have been okay with all of this publicity now that it has become an national issue?...
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in which you're the romneys. that's a chance to pander to voters. >> she loves to horse around. >> no digging your nose. >> how are you doing, knuckle snort. >> this shows romney as a loving, cary father. to make up for the fact that he gave his sons name like tagless two gs. >> every saturday morning my dad wake coming in, waking us up and saying okay, it's time to get out in the yard and let's do work. >> tag would get the the first hundred acres and josh would go through the forest for truffles to feed to the dressage ponies. wow, whoa, whoa, whoa, you're trying to get the voters to trust your dad with our future, and to do that you're telling us the story of when he earned the trust of an innocent person and then betrayed that trust for his personal amusement? what? next year just send him a card. i'm done t
in which you're the romneys. that's a chance to pander to voters. >> she loves to horse around. >> no digging your nose. >> how are you doing, knuckle snort. >> this shows romney as a loving, cary father. to make up for the fact that he gave his sons name like tagless two gs. >> every saturday morning my dad wake coming in, waking us up and saying okay, it's time to get out in the yard and let's do work. >> tag would get the the first hundred acres and josh...
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now let's turn to mitt romney. he had a gaffe of his own. >> he wants to hire more government workers. he wants to hire more teachers firefighters, police, did he not get the from the american people? wisconsin did. >> cenk: in wisconsin, we hate cops, firemen and teachers, yes, fire them all! is that the message? i hope that's not the message that romney got? president obama will respond with an ad about this. [ music ] >> turn governor romney's tenure was cut dramatically. we lost firefighters and teachers at rapid rates. cities were less safe, not as clean. larger class sizes. >> all the basic services that we rely on are the poorer for mitt romney's administration. >> the man did not care. he didn't care what was going on in our communities. >> by the time that romney left office we were 47th in the nation in jobs terms of job growth. >> cenk: all right, now i love the ominous music on that one, too, but at least it's backed up with more reality. do we need more firemen? take a look at a video here. this is the
now let's turn to mitt romney. he had a gaffe of his own. >> he wants to hire more government workers. he wants to hire more teachers firefighters, police, did he not get the from the american people? wisconsin did. >> cenk: in wisconsin, we hate cops, firemen and teachers, yes, fire them all! is that the message? i hope that's not the message that romney got? president obama will respond with an ad about this. [ music ] >> turn governor romney's tenure was cut dramatically....
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how would we treat mitt romney? we have a treat for you. >> you >>(narrator) the sheriff of wall street. >>the leadership of high finance just doesn't get it. >>(narrator) the former governor of new york, eliot spitzer is on current tv. >>somebody somewhere can listen, record, track, gather this data. >>arrangements were made. >>(narrator) independent unflinching. >>there is a wild west quality to it that permits them to do whatever they wish....
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party ♪ i'm a romney girl ♪ in a romney world ♪ >> jennifer: that's romney world. she does not have the same affection for their namesake as the counterpart obama girl. elsewhere in the world of romney, mitt opened up about this notorious bain dream team photo, asked about it during an interview, he said quote that was a moment of humor as we just had done what was impossible. flaunting wealth is always good for a chuckle. during the same interview the journalist ask mitt romney, asked today about his refusal to release more than one year of tax returns and mitt romney in that i not a business. now, if you're sitting at home saying to yourself, but wait a minute. didn't he--you're absolutely right. this is mitt romney doing the republican primary. >> corporations are people, my friends. we can raise taxes of course they are. everything corporations earn ultimately go to people. where do you think it goes? whose pocket? people's pockets. human beings my friend. >> jennifer: i love the hecklers in that. corporations are people, but he's not a business. good spin. now
party ♪ i'm a romney girl ♪ in a romney world ♪ >> jennifer: that's romney world. she does not have the same affection for their namesake as the counterpart obama girl. elsewhere in the world of romney, mitt opened up about this notorious bain dream team photo, asked about it during an interview, he said quote that was a moment of humor as we just had done what was impossible. flaunting wealth is always good for a chuckle. during the same interview the journalist ask mitt romney,...
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while tickets to romney's costs up to $25,000. perspective is here, i'm rejoined by joe garofoli the political reporter for san francisco chronicle, and art torres, thank you guys for being here again. art let me start with you. is there any way, any way at all, that romney would even have a chance in california in the general election? >> no, mccain lost it by almost 61% for the president. the president didn't even campaign in california. i made him a promise. you stick to those other states and i'll take care of california. >> and you delivered. >> and we delivered. >> so the only reason he is here, joe, is for money. >> the reason is he is here is because he has $7 million in the bank. >> meg whitman, former governor candidate and ceo of hp alex spanose the owner of the chargers, mark andreson czech ceo, netscape founder. it's a lot of goldman saks people. >> so santorum really here on a whim and a prayer. [ laughter ] >> yeah a biggest stat for the santorum fund raiser tickets start at $125. >> that's a democratic party -- >>
while tickets to romney's costs up to $25,000. perspective is here, i'm rejoined by joe garofoli the political reporter for san francisco chronicle, and art torres, thank you guys for being here again. art let me start with you. is there any way, any way at all, that romney would even have a chance in california in the general election? >> no, mccain lost it by almost 61% for the president. the president didn't even campaign in california. i made him a promise. you stick to those other...
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happen persuaded me otherwise about romney, that's about labor, and romney is not saying democrats are not working. it's personal about obama. that's what republicans do, make it possible. the golf thing is persuasive. it comes not only one day after the hannity clip but one day after romney talking about the president easily sure. i'm persuaded a little. what is possible is that the romney people missed this. i don't think these are terribly bright guys politically. >> ben. >> they have made the exact same mistake from the beginning of the campaign on. they've done nothing to rectify the situation. it's possible that they're not racist but just dim. >> i vote against that. we're out of time, unfortunately. believe me, professor rose, i got a sense that you voted against that. >> yes, yes. >> we'll leave it right there. you make the call as well. all right, now when we come back, we had a bit of an oil spill in the gulf two years ago. did you notice that? it turns out it's all gone. everything is fine. how did they get the government to play along? that's a really interesting question.
happen persuaded me otherwise about romney, that's about labor, and romney is not saying democrats are not working. it's personal about obama. that's what republicans do, make it possible. the golf thing is persuasive. it comes not only one day after the hannity clip but one day after romney talking about the president easily sure. i'm persuaded a little. what is possible is that the romney people missed this. i don't think these are terribly bright guys politically. >> ben. >> they...
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why is president obama more popular with veterans than mitt romney? >> president obama has really made ending the war a centerpiece of his foreign policy. first pulling troops out of iraq and then making the drawdown a major priority. he was very decisive in chicago saying we will be done there. they won't all be out until 2014, two years after the presidential race, but he is really focused on bringing the troops back home and increasing support for the troops when they get back home. >> some might be surprised that that actually plays well with veterans. there's been an assumption that the more war you have the more veterans will be happy. the actual draw down of the troops is having a positive effect with the veterans' groups. >> i thought that was an interesting piece of the poll that you cited that not only are americans as a whole war wary, but the veterans themselves are war wary. and it is not clear to them what these wars in iraq and afghanistan have achieved. >> there have been a huge number of veterans you see returning, second, third, four
why is president obama more popular with veterans than mitt romney? >> president obama has really made ending the war a centerpiece of his foreign policy. first pulling troops out of iraq and then making the drawdown a major priority. he was very decisive in chicago saying we will be done there. they won't all be out until 2014, two years after the presidential race, but he is really focused on bringing the troops back home and increasing support for the troops when they get back home....
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romney, one year. unlike his father unlike president obama and vice president biden, each of whom have released 12 years of tax returns mitt romney one. unlike abc news reported last night, for the last three decades, every single candidate for president, republican or democrat, you name it, has released more tax returns, nominee, i should say, not knee, not just candidate, not like a herman cain but nominee of a party, every single one of them has released more tax returns than mitt romney has, and abc news again reported last night. when mitt romney was being vetted by john mccain in 2008 as a possible vice presidential candidate, he gave john mccain the mccain campaign 23 years of tax returns. so mitt romney is really defying what every other presidential candidate has done, defying what he did four years ago and he is refusing to release his information, and you have got to ask: why? what does he have to hide? joe biden had fun with this yesterday out in left-handas vegas speaking to la rosa. >> he
romney, one year. unlike his father unlike president obama and vice president biden, each of whom have released 12 years of tax returns mitt romney one. unlike abc news reported last night, for the last three decades, every single candidate for president, republican or democrat, you name it, has released more tax returns, nominee, i should say, not knee, not just candidate, not like a herman cain but nominee of a party, every single one of them has released more tax returns than mitt romney...
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and then mitt romney appears in defiance ohio. ♪ >> well there you have it meatloaf endorsing romney and so does double cheeseburger. i'm done talking now. ♪ >> jennifer: thanks for joining us here on "the war room," everybody. have a great night, and a wonderful weekend. please make sure you get out and vote if you are in an early voting state, and go tigers. ♪ minute but then it feels grate. good night everybody.
and then mitt romney appears in defiance ohio. ♪ >> well there you have it meatloaf endorsing romney and so does double cheeseburger. i'm done talking now. ♪ >> jennifer: thanks for joining us here on "the war room," everybody. have a great night, and a wonderful weekend. please make sure you get out and vote if you are in an early voting state, and go tigers. ♪ minute but then it feels grate. good night everybody.
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what we're seeing now is romney knows his biggest weakness is romney. that's why you'll see super pacs pouring in money not showing what a success the governor is but what a failure obama is. >> the problem is money. now romney is going to get all the money. but romney--and the staff keeps saying that the long campaign has made him a better candidate--i don't know. i don't think his wording curve is better than his bendy parts. he just might eltile dysfunctional. >> john: i thought he won every one of those debates easily. i was very impressed with how smooth he was. >> in the debates he was so anti-immigration. he wanted to build the electrified fence and with alligators, but now not so much. >> he's caught in a pretty terrible "cat's cradle" of tangled yarn when he has to makes the tea party happy and the latino community happy all in one bash. that's kind of his--that's his rub. >> john: yeah, you're right. he's the servant of two masters. we learned today that mitt romney is vetting paul ryan, aka the guy who made eddie munster turn on twitter. is p
what we're seeing now is romney knows his biggest weakness is romney. that's why you'll see super pacs pouring in money not showing what a success the governor is but what a failure obama is. >> the problem is money. now romney is going to get all the money. but romney--and the staff keeps saying that the long campaign has made him a better candidate--i don't know. i don't think his wording curve is better than his bendy parts. he just might eltile dysfunctional. >> john: i thought...
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but mitt romney is the top of the ticket. mitt romney will be were the. and hepresident.and he will set the political of romney administration. >> eliot: right now those policies don't appear to be winners. in the poll of romney and ryan, a mere 4 points. but yet women gave the president a ten-point edge over romney and when asked who would give the percentage. meanwhile, the democrats will be highlightings with wi congresswomn, geo activ fluke pr relin pro-choncy keenan. us. >> hi eliott great to be here. thanks.ot: congratulations on your speaking role, the convention, i don't want to pry too much, but was this just in the last week, or was this a long-planned >> look, it's an honor for me to speak at the convention and talkt the importance of women's health and women's abortion rights issues. because these are fundamental issues of freedom and privacy for women, and women are going to make a difference in this election. >> eliot: women are going to certainly make a difference in this election. there is still a yawning gap between the way women and men
but mitt romney is the top of the ticket. mitt romney will be were the. and hepresident.and he will set the political of romney administration. >> eliot: right now those policies don't appear to be winners. in the poll of romney and ryan, a mere 4 points. but yet women gave the president a ten-point edge over romney and when asked who would give the percentage. meanwhile, the democrats will be highlightings with wi congresswomn, geo activ fluke pr relin pro-choncy keenan. us. >> hi...
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and for romney it's $50.4 million. i see all this. okay he doesn't have as much money as which thought. he doesn't have as much money on hand as we thought. at least he should run more ads? wrong again. obama has run 40,000 television ads and romney has run 18,000 ads. wait a minute. what the hell is he doing with the money? and if he say hey get out the vote? no, president obama's team is significantly ahead in there. mr. ceo, what did you do? you bungled it. you had all this money. apparently you grossly misspent it. he ran twice as much ads for you and my eyes were deceiving me. we kept showing one hard-hitting ad of obama doing damage to romney. and i guess he took the money and said, oh, what happened? right? >> stop it. >> cenk: she's back. now, it turns out it gets worse. right now apparently his campaign is $10 million in debt and he took out $20 million loan. why in the world with all that money is he taking out loans at this point? >> stop it. >> cenk: okay, and then on top of that he said, no, it's okay. we have paul ryan.
and for romney it's $50.4 million. i see all this. okay he doesn't have as much money as which thought. he doesn't have as much money on hand as we thought. at least he should run more ads? wrong again. obama has run 40,000 television ads and romney has run 18,000 ads. wait a minute. what the hell is he doing with the money? and if he say hey get out the vote? no, president obama's team is significantly ahead in there. mr. ceo, what did you do? you bungled it. you had all this money. apparently...
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: mitt romney, you lie! then we're going to take you back since it's monday, to the real "newsroom." >> throw out the run down. >> wait, no, we still need the numbers to protect it from-- >> no, i can't live with a 15-year-old girl being the toughest guy. >> michael: would that happen in a newsroom? would it happen on "the young turks." as todd aiken might say it's legitimate. go time. >> michael: cenk is out. he'll back tomorrow. but boy do we have a show for you at "the young turks." we're grateful for representative todd acre, republican missouri, for bringing it to you. he had this to say. he had just won the nomination for the senate seat there to replace mccaskill in missouri. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. but let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something. you know-- >> michael: congressman, the female body, it seems may have had a way of shutting down your whole campaign. as late as toy republicans from all over the country are imp
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and mitt romney reached out saying a senseless act of violence. we join americans everywhere in mourning those who lost their lives and in prayer for their families in the difficult days add. but there we wanted more. >> just two weeks from the tragedy in aurora, we have seen normas shooting. one therecy pierce there was warning signs about the shooter still the presidential candidates have not given the american public a plan on keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous people. >> eliot: with more on wade michael page. tracking right wing groups. page fill us in on what you know about him and the file that you have on this guy. >> basically we began to in the him when he began to play white supremacist rock-n-roll groups. that began in 2000. we have seen interferes he has given in white supremest website when he talks about leaving his native state of colorado to embark on the tour of the white supremacist world. from that point forward he got involved in a lot of different bands, bands with names like intimidation one the blue-eyed devils. thes
and mitt romney reached out saying a senseless act of violence. we join americans everywhere in mourning those who lost their lives and in prayer for their families in the difficult days add. but there we wanted more. >> just two weeks from the tragedy in aurora, we have seen normas shooting. one therecy pierce there was warning signs about the shooter still the presidential candidates have not given the american public a plan on keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous people. >>...
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mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our admitted that that look, we were able to keep a lot of the folks because of the stimulus. >> bill: absolutely. again, do you great work, judd. thank you. all of your colleagues at think progress. we'll see you again next >> all right, we got a great power panel four guys today. don't i say that every night? it's true every night. jimmy, comedian, strong progressive, one of our regulars here. senior fellow at the academy for america's future. you guys were supposed to be called the regulators in the beginning. let's do it for the first time. the regulators are here. are republicans committing treason? how do you like that for a question. robert draper has a book called do not ask what good we do. he talks about a meeting that happened immediately after president obama's inauguration where the republicans said: >> that's really interesting. not to the president politically, but to his economic
mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our admitted that that look, we were able to keep a lot of the folks because of the stimulus. >> bill: absolutely. again, do you great work, judd. thank you. all of your colleagues at think progress. we'll see you again next >> all right, we got a great power panel four guys today. don't i say that every night? it's true every night. jimmy, comedian, strong...
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idea who the real mitt romney is? does he have a single core position that you can't move off of him or is he just a robot who thinks, i got to win i got to win and that's it. >> you got it exactly right. i don't think anybody really knows. you know, it's really remarkable to me that he could change his position from the time he was running for senate against teddy kennedy or to the time he was governor to now running in his two presidential campaigns, he has changed, not one position, not two as you know, he has changed six seven eight really core positions. we don't have a presidential candidate in recent history who has done anything remotely to that. not bill clinton not barack obama, not even george w. bush, he was pretty constant from the time he was governor to the time he was presidential candidate. this is important because he benefits i think to some extent from this kind of default assumption among swing voters and liberals who said he's really not that conservative. he's a moderate. he's just saying that s
idea who the real mitt romney is? does he have a single core position that you can't move off of him or is he just a robot who thinks, i got to win i got to win and that's it. >> you got it exactly right. i don't think anybody really knows. you know, it's really remarkable to me that he could change his position from the time he was running for senate against teddy kennedy or to the time he was governor to now running in his two presidential campaigns, he has changed, not one position,...
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romney 45 santorum 30. and arg has cut romney at 44 santorum at 30. gingrich and paul just really trailing. here is what it looks like in illinois. first of all the facts are that the unemployment rate is much higher than the national average, a full point. 54 delegates are up for grabs. santorum goofed up again in terms of getting on congressional districts. he did not get on four constructional districts. mccain won the 2008 gop primary against romney. in fact romney dropped out of the race just two days later. now they are outspent santorum seven to one. so let's fine out what is going on with the candidate's ground game in illinois. for that we're going to go to chicago, my favorite core upon independent, david shuster is with us. give us our famous lay of the land in chicago. >> great to be with you as always. mitt romney started this day with a big speech at the university of chicago where he was pounding barack obama. he acknowledged the economy is getting better slowly because of big government. romney in the midst of his speeches in northern
romney 45 santorum 30. and arg has cut romney at 44 santorum at 30. gingrich and paul just really trailing. here is what it looks like in illinois. first of all the facts are that the unemployment rate is much higher than the national average, a full point. 54 delegates are up for grabs. santorum goofed up again in terms of getting on congressional districts. he did not get on four constructional districts. mccain won the 2008 gop primary against romney. in fact romney dropped out of the race...
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mitt romney stood out in front of cylindra and talked his head off. that was 1.3% of the total loans that were given from the department of energy. how do we make this work politically? how can the president run with this as a candidate now? >> the president said today that we have to invest in technology and clean energy solutions. the investment in ford and general motors and chrysler and all of the batteries that would be making the electric vehicle those are with partnership with the federal government. they are total successful examples and the portfolio of successful democratic of energy loan guarantees and grants is astonishing. i do hope that the president makes this part of his key message, that you can do this, and if we don't do it, if we replace no debts as a country we will lose every time. we don't want the technology to be developed elsewhere. >> i love the irony of republicans saying we have to give a lot of money to the job creators because they have to invest. should we invest in the country? >> this, that's a terrible idea! >> thank
mitt romney stood out in front of cylindra and talked his head off. that was 1.3% of the total loans that were given from the department of energy. how do we make this work politically? how can the president run with this as a candidate now? >> the president said today that we have to invest in technology and clean energy solutions. the investment in ford and general motors and chrysler and all of the batteries that would be making the electric vehicle those are with partnership with the...
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romney did pick up an endorsement last night, former president dick cheney. for more on the outsourcing issue and a great friend, congress wokecongresswoman louise slaughter thank you for joining us. >> it is a pleasure. >> eliot: tell us what your amendment would do, and why it's so important. >> well, democrats have been trying for some time to stop the outsourcing of jobs. the second thing we want to do is reinforce the sanctions and help our ally israel by making it tougher for iran. we believe the sanctions are working. and we simply need more. third, we want to say the corporations are not more important than people in the united states, and will not be ever again. i want to say one thing about the mining loss. i'm not sure that people understand that. the law that we operate under today was written in 1882 and signed by ulysses grant. we stopped a consortium including iran, we from uranium from the grand canyon. it's a scandal in itself, and it needs to be changed. iran is a threat to our best ally. we need to do what we can to keep those sanctions goi
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ladies and gentlemen, mitt romney. >> romney: good morning. this is a nice spot. i know there is an effort by some people to try to bring as much confusion to the topic of medicare as possible. >> jennifer: oh, mitt, you're just being humble. seriously, take a bough. no one deserves credit for muddying the medicare waters more than you do. it's not just the lies but the conviction with which you tell them. and then today the white board. it was like a magic show and ineligible and stupifyingly and the flip flop performed by romney the ridiculous. >> jennifer: medicare has been in the news all week. but if you're not a political junkie, or if you're not actually getting medicare, the subject of medicare is probably a bit confusing. that is, you know, what exactly what the romney campaign wants. they want to make his position on medicare confusing to you. so today he claimed to simplify things with a little white board routine. but he failed miserably. inspired political shows around the world to break out their own white boards in mock tribute. well, this is "the w
ladies and gentlemen, mitt romney. >> romney: good morning. this is a nice spot. i know there is an effort by some people to try to bring as much confusion to the topic of medicare as possible. >> jennifer: oh, mitt, you're just being humble. seriously, take a bough. no one deserves credit for muddying the medicare waters more than you do. it's not just the lies but the conviction with which you tell them. and then today the white board. it was like a magic show and ineligible and...
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mitt romney is the guy who during vietnam was a missionary. he was governor of massachusetts massachusetts, and then on the olympics he got his needs for dc and got pate for it. he broke up with bain and still had friends with benefits. you don't want to know how he does doggy style on cross country trips. now when you ask for his tax records he does not put out. >> eliot: i'm not going anywhere with that change of the topic but that was great. on that note. let's turn to michelle bachmann. >> really? >> eliot: is she still nuts. >> she makes me so ashamed to be an insane lying idiot. she makes the rest of us look terrible. >> eliot: and did she read the story about mccartyism and didn't realize he was the bad guy. >> i don't know if they are bigots or just acting this way to appeal to bigots. but michelle bachmann is a mecca for people who hate mecca. it's really, really ugly. >> eliot: john mccain stepped up. the old mccain, hate to be serious when you're making me laugh on a very somber day but john mccain of old came out and said. >> john
mitt romney is the guy who during vietnam was a missionary. he was governor of massachusetts massachusetts, and then on the olympics he got his needs for dc and got pate for it. he broke up with bain and still had friends with benefits. you don't want to know how he does doggy style on cross country trips. now when you ask for his tax records he does not put out. >> eliot: i'm not going anywhere with that change of the topic but that was great. on that note. let's turn to michelle...
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this is mitt romney. this is c17. i don't know why anyone would want to be president if two weeks later this is what you look like. man! when we come back, poverty and obesity are together. it hits poor communities very hard. our special segment in current tv's continuing effort to fight hunger is coming up next. >> not that good of an example. >> why are you not a good example? >> well, because -- >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me why that is. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa. >>> you know, americans this thanksgiving will throw out $282 million of uneaten turkey. it is a shocking amount of money. they'll buy 736 million pounds of turkey and throw out 35% of it. it doesn't even get eaten. current tv has been doing now a series on hunger and during thanksgiving week, we
this is mitt romney. this is c17. i don't know why anyone would want to be president if two weeks later this is what you look like. man! when we come back, poverty and obesity are together. it hits poor communities very hard. our special segment in current tv's continuing effort to fight hunger is coming up next. >> not that good of an example. >> why are you not a good example? >> well, because -- >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. do you share the sense...
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meanwhile harry rei to stand by his claim that romney paid zero taxes for ten years when the romney campaign pushed back saying to put up or shut up. >> as far as harry reid is concerned, i know you might want to go down that road. i'm not going to respond to a dirty liar who hasn't filed a single page of tax returns himself, complains about people with money but lives in the ritz carton. >> i actually like harry, but what he did on the floor of the senate is so out of bounds. i think he's lying. >> this is a reckless and slanderous charge by harry reid. >> there is no triple down in blackjack, but i'm triple down on my comments from yesterday. he's a dirty liar. we're moving on defeating this country and saving this country. >> joining me now ben smith. this is a food fight, a mud fest. who is winning this battle? is reid getting what he wants because we're still talking about romney's taxes or is he looking circlous and unsavory. >> he may or may not up for re-election, but he can take any amount of bad publicity. he has been making people talk about mitt romney's tax returns whether they
meanwhile harry rei to stand by his claim that romney paid zero taxes for ten years when the romney campaign pushed back saying to put up or shut up. >> as far as harry reid is concerned, i know you might want to go down that road. i'm not going to respond to a dirty liar who hasn't filed a single page of tax returns himself, complains about people with money but lives in the ritz carton. >> i actually like harry, but what he did on the floor of the senate is so out of bounds. i...
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this was when mitt romney ran bain. now, this is a lot of outsourcing, but he didn't really send jobs to china. he's so clear. he doesn't want jobs to go to china. let's look at jobs they outsourced to. china, how the hell did that happen? they sent jobs to china singapore, taiwan, south korea ireland land france, australia. weird. these were companies that bain bought and they had some percentage of ownership. did they work closely together? modus media terry leahy bragged we were working closely with bain on strategic expansion. yes. they definitely worked close together and he shipped jobs overseas to china. the guy is serial liar. whatever his weakness, whatever he has done, he takes it and says, oh my god i can't believe obama did that. we got to look at the political ramifications of this, and i think it might be epic. wait a minute. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: i'm glad we brought our epic politics man to discuss this. >> yeah, good to be here. >> cenk: now look, i was told by the washington media and democrats inc
this was when mitt romney ran bain. now, this is a lot of outsourcing, but he didn't really send jobs to china. he's so clear. he doesn't want jobs to go to china. let's look at jobs they outsourced to. china, how the hell did that happen? they sent jobs to china singapore, taiwan, south korea ireland land france, australia. weird. these were companies that bain bought and they had some percentage of ownership. did they work closely together? modus media terry leahy bragged we were working...
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romney camp. michael, great to talk to you. what about the question we asked the romney camp. >> now that they're in the throws of this financial vetting process they've got to be asking the men and women who they're vetting for vice president position for their tax returns. i reached out to the romney campaign today and i heard nothing back. i've got crickets from mitt's house. for me this is a big part of this story. it's about hypocrisy. joe biden released his returns. the president released his returns. this is will be vice president debates, it is not going to go away. >> cenk: i think that question leaves him in an important conundrum. what does he do? for our vp guys we won't look at your tax returns. it seems irresponsible. or are they going to say yeah, we got to have the v.p.'s tax returns because we can't make a decision. it's critical that we have them. which would open him up to huge hypocrisy. >> these people, men and women who are being vetted, they'll want to do the right thing and
romney camp. michael, great to talk to you. what about the question we asked the romney camp. >> now that they're in the throws of this financial vetting process they've got to be asking the men and women who they're vetting for vice president position for their tax returns. i reached out to the romney campaign today and i heard nothing back. i've got crickets from mitt's house. for me this is a big part of this story. it's about hypocrisy. joe biden released his returns. the president...
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this is mitt romney. this is c17. i don't know why anyone would want to be president if two weeks later this is what you look like. man! when we come back, poverty and obesity are together. it hits poor communities very hard. our special segment in current tv's continuing effort to fight hunger is coming up next. >> not that good of an example. >> why are you not a good example? >> well, because -- (vo)answer: pour disaronno into a flute glass and top with prosecco. brought to you by disaronno. be originale. >>> you know americans this thanksgiving will throw out $282 million of uneaten turkey. it is a shocking amount of money. they'll buy 736 million pounds of turkey and throw out 35% of it. it doesn't even get eaten. current tv has been doing now a series on hunger and during thanksgiving week, we remember it even more. one of the ties and -- to obesity and hunger is poverty. and i think that -- it bears looking at this issue under a microscope and here's a piece from an hbo series called -- this is from weight of t
this is mitt romney. this is c17. i don't know why anyone would want to be president if two weeks later this is what you look like. man! when we come back, poverty and obesity are together. it hits poor communities very hard. our special segment in current tv's continuing effort to fight hunger is coming up next. >> not that good of an example. >> why are you not a good example? >> well, because -- (vo)answer: pour disaronno into a flute glass and top with prosecco. brought to...
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>> romney: i have -- >> reporter: you are just going to ignore a person in a wheelchair. >> romney: i spoke with him. >> reporter: but you didn't answer his question. >> romney: i have. >> john: there you have it. >> the guy is hanging on to life himself. >> john: uh-huh. there are two questions i want to see governor romney asked at the debates, if season takes medical marijuana, who deserves a longer jail sentence the cancer patient or the doctor who describes it. and if you succeed in having roe v wade reveals who deserves the longer jail sentence the woman who has the abortion, or the doctor who performs it. i don't care in medical marijuana is a trojan horse for the medical marijuana people. there are sick people and this flower helps them. >> and no one ever took a valium that didn't need it, right? that never happened right? >> john: exactly. we filmed a whole episode about this issue yesterday, and we didn't have any opposing voices. we didn't bring any anti-marijuana people, because those debates are out there -- >> you won't survive the debate now. it's too late in our knowl
>> romney: i have -- >> reporter: you are just going to ignore a person in a wheelchair. >> romney: i spoke with him. >> reporter: but you didn't answer his question. >> romney: i have. >> john: there you have it. >> the guy is hanging on to life himself. >> john: uh-huh. there are two questions i want to see governor romney asked at the debates, if season takes medical marijuana, who deserves a longer jail sentence the cancer patient or the...
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is there really quite a saturation of romney ads, attacking -- or romney-supporting attack ads? >> what you are inundated with? >> well the figures show that romney is really spending about twice as much money as santorum. and a lot of the ads that are being -- that are up on the air are negative ads. there are ads that are defining santorum as the bad guy and ads defining mitt romney as the good guy. >> so it's interesting to me. obviously, romney has doubled down on his criticism of the bail-out, and we know that there has been a lot of talk about that in michigan and it might be an issue in a general election but since santorum also opposed the bail-out, that does not seem to be having an impact on romney obviously. >> no. it isn't. it may have an impact in the general election for either candidate, but as a matter of fact, there have been a couple of polls out that actually show that opposition to the auto bail-out is a positive among republican party primary voters. so that's -- >> i still don't get that steve. i just don't get that. sol many people see how effect i have th
is there really quite a saturation of romney ads, attacking -- or romney-supporting attack ads? >> what you are inundated with? >> well the figures show that romney is really spending about twice as much money as santorum. and a lot of the ads that are being -- that are up on the air are negative ads. there are ads that are defining santorum as the bad guy and ads defining mitt romney as the good guy. >> so it's interesting to me. obviously, romney has doubled down on his...
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mitt romney, no matter what he does, if you were mitt romney, it would never work for you either. i'll never the war on upper class warfare. co-say the average middle class family got $36 million in tax breaks since i've been president. >> cenk: mr. president, their income went down 5%. it went down. >> the income, mr. romney, and don't talk to me like i'm your gardner. it went because down we were in a recovery and because we were in a recovery. >> cenk: is this the kind of recovery that americans have in store. >> as i said as president all the time, consistently, and i say it as candidate this is not an overnight fix. >> cenk: that's what you're saying, but the action. >> and the restored economy you know who is going to benefit first. >> cenk: actions speak louder than words mr. president. >> the action i'm showing you is 36 straight months, 37 straight months of job growth and $3,600 average. >> cenk: you give them tax cuts but it didn't work. >> is that what you want-- >> cenk: you say you're worried about my plan. i can say i got this problem with your plan and i got that p
mitt romney, no matter what he does, if you were mitt romney, it would never work for you either. i'll never the war on upper class warfare. co-say the average middle class family got $36 million in tax breaks since i've been president. >> cenk: mr. president, their income went down 5%. it went down. >> the income, mr. romney, and don't talk to me like i'm your gardner. it went because down we were in a recovery and because we were in a recovery. >> cenk: is this the kind of...
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was romney active there after 1999? there have been a lot of back and forths, and i want to be as fair as possible. so let me show you the detail from the documents that we discovered yesterday. this is a document that was filed and signed by mitt romney in may of 2003 when he was a brand-new governor with the massachusetts state ethics commission and lists all of his affiliations, which is why a multiple page document with all his affiliations in 2002, after 1999. so there are no conflicts of interest as governor. in fact, that's the purpose of this document. almost every state does something like this. so look here at this document. i'm going to go into the first couple of pages of exhibits which lists all his affiliations. mitt romney, in his own words listed his involvement in 46 companies. there is 15 pages of documents. he lists his involvement in 46 companies. many of those companies are bain related. now, remember, the question is was he actively involved in bain after 1999 or not? this document distinguishes be
was romney active there after 1999? there have been a lot of back and forths, and i want to be as fair as possible. so let me show you the detail from the documents that we discovered yesterday. this is a document that was filed and signed by mitt romney in may of 2003 when he was a brand-new governor with the massachusetts state ethics commission and lists all of his affiliations, which is why a multiple page document with all his affiliations in 2002, after 1999. so there are no conflicts of...
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in which you're the romneys. that's a chance to pander to voters. >> she loves to horse around. >> no digging your nose. >> how are you doing, knuckle snort. >> this shows romney as a loving, cary father. to make up for the fact that he gave his sons name like tagless two gs. >> every saturday morning my dad wake coming in, waking us up and saying okay, it's time to get out in the yard and let's do work. >> tag would get the the first hundred acres and josh would go through the forest for truffles to feed to the dressage
in which you're the romneys. that's a chance to pander to voters. >> she loves to horse around. >> no digging your nose. >> how are you doing, knuckle snort. >> this shows romney as a loving, cary father. to make up for the fact that he gave his sons name like tagless two gs. >> every saturday morning my dad wake coming in, waking us up and saying okay, it's time to get out in the yard and let's do work. >> tag would get the the first hundred acres and josh...
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for the romney vote. people who are voting for romney are -- voting mostly against president obama, which is 50% of the ones voting for romney are voting because they are voting against president obama. that number for president obama is just 22%. >> i see it in focus groups when i ask romney supporters what it is that you don't like about obama? and the level vitreal. but president obama's supporters they are passionate. >> jennifer: this week has been interesting week for romney overall, joe with the middle east crisis and his fumbles on that early on in the week. and the poll now shows the president is at least equal is not slightly ahead. >> that was the trump card that romney had. i'm your man to fix the economy. that was supposed to be his club. >> jennifer: it was. another very interesting poll from pew research center. the views on the presidential campaign. democrats think the campaign is very interesting. republicans think that the campaign has gone on too long. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: what do
for the romney vote. people who are voting for romney are -- voting mostly against president obama, which is 50% of the ones voting for romney are voting because they are voting against president obama. that number for president obama is just 22%. >> i see it in focus groups when i ask romney supporters what it is that you don't like about obama? and the level vitreal. but president obama's supporters they are passionate. >> jennifer: this week has been interesting week for romney...
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you combine that with the friends of the cantor rum and romney campaign, both believe whereas romney may have had a five or six pointed edge after being very far down to santorum, they say santorum has closed the gap partly because of romney gaffes. if you go back to a week ago it's been such an interesting week, you go back to a week ago rick santorum had to deal with a speech he made in 2008 and talked about you satan targeting the united states. watch. >> this is a spiritual war and the father of lies has his sights on what you would think the father of lies, satan would have his lies on, whether sensuality, they have taken their poor behavior and made it fashionable, the corruption of manners, of decency is now on display, whether it's the nba or a rock concert or whether it's on a movie set. >> part of the problem that santorum probably had is that he didn't disenvow those comments. he went into the debate last wednesday and has a rocky performance and all of a sudden mitt romney is trending up in a direction that they were saying we are going to win michigan. romney is very ner
you combine that with the friends of the cantor rum and romney campaign, both believe whereas romney may have had a five or six pointed edge after being very far down to santorum, they say santorum has closed the gap partly because of romney gaffes. if you go back to a week ago it's been such an interesting week, you go back to a week ago rick santorum had to deal with a speech he made in 2008 and talked about you satan targeting the united states. watch. >> this is a spiritual war and...
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candidate, an image where romney is anti gas. home of the brave. ♪ ♪ it's where fear goes unwelcomed... ♪ ♪ and certain men... find a way to rise above. this is the land of giants. ♪ ♪ guts. glory. ram. >> it's go time. (vo) at the only online forum with a direct line to cenk uygur. >>if you had to vote for a republican, which one would it be? (vo) join the debate now. ♪ >> cenk: we're back on "the young turks." there is a ton of new evidence in the george zimmerman case and anna is going to come here and tell us some of that evidence. we'll discuss it. ana, what is first? >> cenk, all of this evidence is complicating matters. before all this evidence came out people had decided one way or another whether or not george zimmerman is guilty. of all the evidence released the one piece that i think works in favor for the prosecution is who the aggressor was in this situation. let's see what abc had to say. >> perhaps most important tonight's documents reveal that the lead investigators called the shooting avoidable had
candidate, an image where romney is anti gas. home of the brave. ♪ ♪ it's where fear goes unwelcomed... ♪ ♪ and certain men... find a way to rise above. this is the land of giants. ♪ ♪ guts. glory. ram. >> it's go time. (vo) at the only online forum with a direct line to cenk uygur. >>if you had to vote for a republican, which one would it be? (vo) join the debate now. ♪ >> cenk: we're back on "the young turks." there is a ton of new evidence in the...
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romney opposes gambling. why isn't there more outcry about his embrace of trump and sheldon adelson for mathat matter? ? >> the mormons have their values and rules but they don't necessarily proslet ties. actually, they go around the world prosletizing. >> but no gambling, don't drink coffee or anything like that. they seem to be, you know, more tolerant. they put their money behind things they agree with or disagree with. they spend a lot of money to defeat same-sex marriage in california and that sort of thing, but i don't think donald trunk would be personallionsive to mormons. i just don't see that. i could be wrong. i am not an expert on mormon values they have rules and abide by them. just like romney i doubt that romney, if he does get into the white house, would enforce, you know, no coffee or no smoking. i think they live and let live. which is an add mirmirable it quality. >> right. >> let's meet donald trump, somebody who uses his mouth a lot and someone else who does vice president biden often tho
romney opposes gambling. why isn't there more outcry about his embrace of trump and sheldon adelson for mathat matter? ? >> the mormons have their values and rules but they don't necessarily proslet ties. actually, they go around the world prosletizing. >> but no gambling, don't drink coffee or anything like that. they seem to be, you know, more tolerant. they put their money behind things they agree with or disagree with. they spend a lot of money to defeat same-sex marriage in...
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mitt romney and i are the last candidates. i have to take it because of the system, but then i am coming for them. i am going to push for one. he can't do it single handedly. he can help. it can work towards it. >> that's right. >> the point, cenk. maybe, maybe he can't unilaterally disarmed. he will have to say this will not stand again. we must change the system or we don't have democracy any more. >> unfortunately instead, jorn mccain, a republican is doing more than president obama. >> that's shameful. thank you so much for joining us. great panel. all right. when we come back, we have our clown of the day. you guys are going to help pick one for us. brian fisher who is vehemently in favor of discriminating for gaze. take a look. >> all together right. i look at her, and i just want to give her everything. yeah you -- you know, everything can cost upwards of...[ whistles ] i did not want to think about that. relax, relax, relax. look at me, look at me. three words, dad -- e-trade financial consultants. so i can just go tal
mitt romney and i are the last candidates. i have to take it because of the system, but then i am coming for them. i am going to push for one. he can't do it single handedly. he can help. it can work towards it. >> that's right. >> the point, cenk. maybe, maybe he can't unilaterally disarmed. he will have to say this will not stand again. we must change the system or we don't have democracy any more. >> unfortunately instead, jorn mccain, a republican is doing more than...
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. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? these talking points, that the right have, about the "heavy hand of government" ... i want to have that conversation. let's talk about it. really? you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> eliot: another disaster for which wall street was not prepared which brings us to the number of the day. unknown. that's the value of stocks and bearer bonds that the wall street banks may have lost when the vault holding the documents got flooded. they were stored at the deposit trucks and clearing corporation a company controlled by the biggest financial houses on wall street. they had just one job. just one. ke
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. >> and all of the romney ads all of the romney -- 99% of mitt romney's campaign ads, 99% were negative and all 5,000 all 4900 of the super pack ads, all of them, negative. not 99.9, 100%. >> no touchy feeley, here's mitt romney and look at his kids and dog, he wouldn't want you to see his dog, because he's on top of the car but it was all like newt gingrich. we have some of that for you later. gingrich's response was interesting, mad, going around giving speeches about this guy being for taxes, anti abortion, anti anything anybody cared about and then this robo call comes out. >> this governor of massachusetts mitt romney bill paying for seniors in our nursing homes. for the first time, we're forced to eat non-kosher because he thought it was too much for our grandfathers to seat non-kosher. >> did you hear that? he's saying that mitt romney took away kosher food from holocaust survivors. >> let's not let karl rove off the hook. lizard was worse. >> it was worse. some people say listen to this mitt romney sounds all right. [ laughter ] >> exactly. >> they're like wow, he's taking food
. >> and all of the romney ads all of the romney -- 99% of mitt romney's campaign ads, 99% were negative and all 5,000 all 4900 of the super pack ads, all of them, negative. not 99.9, 100%. >> no touchy feeley, here's mitt romney and look at his kids and dog, he wouldn't want you to see his dog, because he's on top of the car but it was all like newt gingrich. we have some of that for you later. gingrich's response was interesting, mad, going around giving speeches about this guy...